Don't like Buffalo trade .. Killorn has been really solid to me .. in fact given contract I would take him over Gourde Johnson and Palat .. although Palat has also looked good this year. Rather trade Serg Joseph picks and pieces to NJ for Vertanen and Hall .. Vertanen is a Def D and Hall plays with Stamkos on 2nd line .. THAT is the Cup winning trade!!!

And could someone please explain how we have 11M cap space at TDL?

Sabres cant have anymore D even the minors there is too many. Martel would be a nice addition instead of Rutta.

Killorn has been solid, but so have been Palat (which has been the most solid out of the 5M contract club IMO) and Gourde. We are not gonna trade any of them during the season if we are aiming at a deep cup run, because they know the system and mesh with players. Someone of them is gonna go, but during the offseason.

Cap is 11M at the deadline because cap space is accrued daily. So if, let's say, the 60% of the season has already passed, the team that gets a player at the deadline is responsible only for the 40% left of his cap hit for the season. Saying that a team has "more cap space" is just another way of saying they have less of their new players' cap hits to worry about

Lmao at that Buf trade, Ristolainen is horrible and Lightning already have 3 PP specialist Dmen on their roster (which is the only thing Ristolainen excels in). Tampa doesn't need Ristolainen.